Parenting is a Joke

Back-to-school special sponsored by Educational Insights: Ophira gets real with Liz Gumbinner, the genius behind the Mom101 blog and host of the award-winning podcast, Spawned. From parenting teens in the digital age, to the surprising tale of a Disney World meltdown that changed her mind about wanting kids — this episode needs to be in your parenting survival kit!

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Summer is here and we’re all scrambling to figure out our new schedule, how summer camp works and... the future! Help us shape it into something even better. Only 9 weeks until school starts again!

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Ophira chats with Liz Tenety, journalist and founder of the website and community Motherly. Liz tells us why she might not call back the school nurse, and how her parenting has changed as her number of children increased.

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This week Ophira revisits her conversation with Economist Emily Oster who reveals her obsession with sleep and the very unique pets in her household. Emily has a new book coming out, "The Unexpected" about complications in pregnancy. 

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In this mini-episode, Ophira puts AJ Jacobs to the test with a game we're calling, The Constitution.

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Ophira talks with the talented writer and podcast host AJ Jacobs about "living constitutionally" for his new book, which social experiments his sons endure, and why we all should get used to the lighting in the parenting tunnel.

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In this bite-sized bonus episode, Ophira asks Rachel Feinstein some rapid fire questions and finds out whether she'd rather her daughter be a comic or a fire figher.

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Ophira catches up with hilarious comedian Rachel Feinstein about her new comedy special, her husband’s alarming playground habits, and why she’s not taken seriously by her daughter.

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We're back with a little extra from Laura Prepon. Laura Prepon answers some rapid fire questions where she reveals her favorite dinnertime recipe and why she has never tried tuna fish.

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 On our special Mother's Day episode, Ophira chats with actress and director Laura Prepon about 6-year-old flirtation, her kids' recent set visit and the beauty of batch-cooking.

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